Immigration Timeline – Ireland Visa Type - Critical Skills / General Employment Permit

Collect & Draft Review Work Permit Entry Visa In Country

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Hangout Collate & upload Review Sign forms Receive Entry Visa Is Candidate Candidate Attends IRP
with Deloitte all relevant docs application and scan back Work Permit applied for via post is issued with travels to appointment
to Cobalt or appointment entry visa Ireland. & receives stamp.
Google Candidate Residency card
received in post
approx. 15 days
later

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Retrieve
Send Summarise Draft and complete Generate & File the Review Entry Request copies of IRP
Government work Book
welcome next steps, internal quality upload signature application Visa Stamp & IRP card when
permit approval & appointment
email & risks, key review of forms for with DBEI. application and received.
courier Work for Googler
schedule documents & application. candidate to sign submit.Send Flag: can only exit and
Deloitte hangout. process Begins Entry Permit to and
Once application is submission re-enter Ireland once they
Immigration Team Assess visa timelines Visa drafting candidate dependents
drafted it must be overview to have received their IRP Card
Finalise Entry
options & filed within 30 days. candidate
Visa drafting
personal Otherwise we need
situation 3 Weeks to re-draft 2 Weeks Up to 13 Weeks Between 2-3 Weeks

Once submitted to Each embassy has varying Entry It can take up to 20

Time Elapsed DBEI, it is out of Visa processing times, in days for candidates to
control of Deloitte additional to common unforeseen receive their IRP Card
documentation requirements
Can only travel Immigration Residence
to Ireland when Permit (IRP) to be
Key: DBEI = Department of Business, Enterprise & Innovation entry visa is
INIS = Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service scheduled within first 90
received days of entering

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